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On last night's episode of Real Housewives, one of the original cast members, Lauri, decided to stop filming in order to "focus on family." (Lauri's young son Josh has been battling a heroin addiction and is currently in jail. In the series premiere of Housewives, Josh was in juvenile detention, and Lauri said she…